Ardella's House helps women assess
their strengths and needs
while guiding them as they think about
their goals and how to reach them.

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WE ENCOURAGE
We at Ardella's House, have an open invitation to
help those who need and want help.

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WE ENCOURAGE

We at Ardella's House, have an open invitation to
help those who need and want help.

OUR MISSION

Parenting Sessions

Reuniting incarcerated mothers with their children offering parenting sessions.

1-on-1 Mentoring

One-on-one mentoring focuses on individual resource building and planning.

Health/Sexuality

Incarcerated women not only have the same reproductive health care needs

We Help Incarcerated Women Transition back into Society

Ardella’s House is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women to successfully transition back into the community. They regain placement into society as productive, contributing members of society, thus, eradicating recidivism.

As a result, they embrace their rightful place as mothers, nurturers, and healers of a nation.

Women Under Control of the U.S. Corrections System, 2014

Women now comprise a larger proportion of the prison population than ever before; the female prison population stands nearly eight times higher than its population count in 1980. More than 60% of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18.

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Recidivism—or reoffending

60% of former female inmates are arrested again and 30% are sent back to prison.

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Growth for Female Imprisonment

The rate of growth for female imprisonment has outpaced men by more than 50% between 1980 and 2014.

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Race and Ethnicity

Between 2000 and 2014, the rate of imprisonment in state and federal prisons declined by 47% for black women, while the rate of imprisonment for white women rose by 56%.

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Housing & Homelessness

More than 10 percent of those entering prisons and jails are homeless in the months before their incarceration.

Our Services

Ardella’s House help women assess their strengths and needs while guiding them as they think about their goals and how to reach them. Development of each woman’s service plan includes an assessment of immediate needs and her history and goals related to livelihood, housing, health and well-being, family reunification, and criminal justice compliance.

A Few Facts that Prove Women’s Prison Is More Horrifying Than It Looks

According to a qualitative study by the Vera Institute of Justice, people released from prison and jail to parole who entered homeless shelters in New York City were seven times more likely to abscond during the first month after release than those who had some form of housing.

Many prisons do not have policies unique to women, and apply a universal system of screening and assessment to both men and women

This lack of unique standards for female offenders often leads to higher risk classifications for women, which makes reentering society even more difficult.

The cost of imprisoning women is much higher than men.

On top of the costs of incarceration, the social costs of imprisoning women continue for generations. Policies and programs to help women leaving prison reduce costs for states and counties.

Recidivism in women is often related to a lack of services and support system after they leave prison.

Even so, recidivism rates for women are much lower than for men. Despite lower recidivism rates, risk classifications for women leaving prisons are overestimate their danger to society, leading to difficulty getting housing and custody of children. The absence of any support system to assist women to reenter society after incarceration often leads to reoffending.

Transitioning back into society is more of a challenge for women.

There are very few resources for mothers after they leave prison. The children of female offenders are five times more likely to be imprisoned. The absence of a primary caregiver leads many children of imprisoned women to substance abuse and criminal behavior.

Referrals & Enrollment Criteria

We at Ardellas House, have an open invitation to help those who need and want help.But, there are a just few requirements needed to get these women on the correct path.